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Don't even start to think about climate change, a phenomenon we're completely aware is happening, but still do nothing about, despite consequences that will be

• minikites 7y ago
  There a lot of well paid individuals who have the job of convincing regular people that climate change is a hoax and lots of regular people believe them.
  • threatofrain 7y ago
    Are these regular people citizens of a democracy? Then the chain of responsibility stops there. No greater entity will swoop in to help if the citizens of a democracy can’t be trusted to make the kinds of decisions confronting them. It’s only a democracy if you can keep it.
    • minikites 7y ago
      It's much more complicated than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book) > Bernays' thesis is that "invisible" people who create knowledge and propaganda rule over the masses, with a monopoly on the power to shape thoughts, values, and citizen response. "Engineering consent" of the masses would be vital for the survival of democracy. > Bernays explains: > "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of."
    • __s 7y ago
      Global warming being a serious issue has widespread support. Unfortunately a democracy which is asked "Trump or Biden?" isn't really asking the population an important question